Power Stats - Cavendish Leadout Men

[bruce]

Here are the power stats from the guys that did the leadout for Cavendish's win yesterday:

Adam Hansen:

 Before leadout:






Duration:  
5:23:26 (5:24:10)




Work:      
3628 kJ





TSS:       
213 (intensity factor 0.629)



Norm Power:
251





VI:        
1.34





Distance:  
141.615 mi





Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
1170
187
watts


Heart Rate:  
0
171
112
bpm


Cadence:     
29
229
91
rpm


Speed:       
0
48.2
26.3
mph








Leadout:







Duration:  
10:54





Work:      
253 kJ





TSS:       
22.4 (intensity factor 1.11)



Norm Power:
444





VI:        
1.15





Distance:  
6.217 mi






Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
948
387
watts


Heart Rate:  
137
194
167
bpm


Cadence:     
36
135
103
rpm


Speed:       
27
43
34.2
mph

 

 

George Hincapie:

 Before Leadout:






Duration:  
5:23:38 (5:24:04)




Work:      
3524 kJ





TSS:       
204 (intensity factor 0.615)



Norm Power:
246





VI:        
1.36





Distance:  
141.291 mi





Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
948
181
watts


Heart Rate:  
0
240
13
bpm


Cadence:     
29
251
87
rpm


Speed:       
0
48.5
26.2
mph








Leadout:







Duration:  
11:12





Work:      
277 kJ





TSS:       
23.2 (intensity factor 1.114)



Norm Power:
445





VI:        
1.08





Distance:  
6.689 mi






Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
1189
413
watts


Heart Rate:  
0
191
16
bpm


Cadence:     
57
123
102
rpm


Speed:       
16.5
46.9
35.8
mph

 

Markus Berghardt:

 Before leadout:






Duration:  
5:14:36 (5:26:05)




Work:      
3560 kJ





TSS:       
218.3 (intensity factor 0.645)



Norm Power:
258





VI:        
1.37





Distance:  
129.553 mi





Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
1089
189
watts


Heart Rate:  
0
236
119
bpm


Cadence:     
29
159
94
rpm


Speed:       
0
47.5
24.7
mph








LEAD OUT MARK:






Duration:  
07:46





Work:      
201 kJ





TSS:       
15.9 (intensity factor 1.109)



Norm Power:
444





VI:        
1.03





Distance:  
0 ft






Min
Max
Avg



Power:       
0
1204
430
watts


Heart Rate:  
0
184
170
bpm


Cadence:     
38
121
106
rpm


Speed:       
0
0
0
mph

 

Some interesting things to note:

Overall, this stage was pretty much LSD/Active Recovery for these guys.

All 3 guys did 10minutes at higher than 110% FTP - flat out VO2Max levels in the leadout.

All three files are almost identical, the team had a plan right from the start of the stage.

 

[Red Zone]

Even if it was a LSD ridem, Its nice to see that most of those guys are clipping along at less than 200 watts for most of the race, makes them seem more normal.

 

Where did you get those stats, I would like to see them on Sat / Sun

[Grapkas2]

Really amazing, it freaks me out to see the power they put out, if i sprint full out i can't even get there!!!!!!!!

 

Truly amazing!!! Where do you get this info?? I would love to look at power stats for more of the guys and other stages etc.

[Grapkas2]

Foe, i don't know if riding 230km at around 200 watts is really that easy...

[Jackes]

You should hide these stats before Mr. Grappe gets his hands on them ...  

[bruce]

The files of some of the riders get posted on www.cyclingpeaks.com not everybody.

 

I have done some marking up of the files to extract the info that I am showing above - otherwise there would be data overload.

 

They are posting Adam Hansen's file everyday, which is really cool because we can start to see just how much fatigue these guys accumulate through the tour.

 

I'll post some summary info on Adam in a short while.

[Red Zone]

Thanks bruce, glad you filtered the data, there is still quite enough info there.

[bruce]

Foe' date=' i don't know if riding 230km at around 200 watts is really that easy...[/quote']

 

It is achievable, I rode 275w for 5h45 at the Double Century.  The problem is doing it day after day.

 

Hansen rode over 300w for 5h23 on Stage 1, then similar again on Stage 2, etc etc etc.

[bruce]

Here is the URL to the Data Files.  You can download an evaluation copy of WKO+ from the site in order to look at the file:

 

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/tourdefrance2008/

 

[nochain]

Hincapie avg almost 60 km per hour for 11minutes and he's max was 75,as far as I know the road was pretty flat towards the end so that is very impresive!!

 

 

[nochain]

Looks like Hansen and Hincapie has almost identical FTP value's.

[bruce]

Looks like Hansen and Hincapie has almost identical FTP value's.

 

The files give same weight and FTP for all 3 riders, so I suspect the data has been changed a bit to protect the riders.

[nochain]

Looking at the last couple of stages,what would your estimate for he's ftp be?

 

[bruce]

Looking at the last couple of stages' date='what would your estimate for he's ftp be?

 

[/quote']

 

FTP is stated in the files as 400w

 

This I think is correct - generally the power output you can sustain decreases by 10% per hour that you ride.  So, for a hard 4 hour stage his numbers should be in the low 300's for the overall ride.